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NHS staff begin 'work to rule' after yesterday's walk-out

Today is the second day of action for NHS staff - including midwives, who walked out on strike for the first time ever yesterday in a row over pay.

Today, union members who took to the picket line will be among the thousands of employees across the UK who will begin the first of four days of "work-to-rule".

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NHS workers strike over pay

Thousands of staff working for the NHS across the region today joined a four hour strike in a protest over pay. There were pickets and rallys outside hospitals in Hull, Lincoln and Sheffield.

The action followed a government decision not to award a one per cent pay rise to all NHS workers which was recommended by an independent body.

The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the government needs to ensure any future decision on pay wouldn't lead to nurses being laid off.

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